Inaugural Muslim Women’s Rights Day observed on August 01, 2020
- In India, the first ever “Muslim Women’s Rights Day” was celebrated across the nation on August 01, 2020, to commemorate the first anniversary of the law against instant triple talaq.
- It was on 31 July 2019, that the triple talaq bill got the Presidential nod.
- The law is formally called the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
- It prohibits the practice of instant divorce by Muslim men and any violation of the law is punishable by jail term of up to three years.